Benjamin Schiller

Benjamin Schiller is CoinDesk's managing editor for features and opinion. Previously, he was editor-in-chief at BREAKER Magazine and a staff writer at Fast Company. He holds some ETH, BTC and LINK.

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Finance

DOGE and TRUMP ETFs May be Coming But Should Institutional Investor Trade Them?

With memecoins dominating the headlines, issuers are filing fresh ETF applications. But is a memecoin ETF a good investment?

Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finance

Anvil Launches DeFi Protocol for Letters of Credit

Founder Tyler Spalding sees the Ethereum-based smart contract project as a step towards creating a new form of money for payments, loans and counterparty credit in DeFi.

Tyler Spalding

Opinion

A New (Digital) Age at the SEC

6 immediate steps the SEC can take to regulate crypto.

Mark Toshiro Uyeda, acting chair of the SEC  (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Trade Volume Wednesday Was One of the Largest Ever

Across ETFs, spot and futures trade, bitcoin combined for $130 billion volume yesterday.

BTC: Futures vs Spot vs ETF Trade Volume (Checkonchain)

Opinion

Ross Is Free. Now Let’s Free the Internet-of-Money

Following Ross Ulbricht's pardon, the Trump Administration must follow through on crypto’s potential to spread privacy and financial innovation.

ross-ulbricht

Tech

TRUMP Coin's Biggest Critics Are Crypto Industry Insiders

Trump-supporting crypto professionals have been particularly scathing about the family's recent meme coin projects.

Donald J. Trump at a 2016 rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Markets

Trump-Linked Crypto Platform's $33M Ether Transfer Spurs ETF Staking Hopes

The SEC could consider approving staking for ETFs, boosting sentiment and prices for the second-largest cryptocurrency, market observers said.

President Donald Trump (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage

OKX's Hong Fang: 2025 Will Be a Year of Self-Custody

The increasing popularity of decentralized exchanges and an awareness of centralization risk is raising demand for self-custody, says OKX's President.

OKX President Hong Fang

Finance

Grant Cardone Wants to Use Real Estate Cash Flow to Buy Bitcoin. Here’s How

American real estate mogul Grant Cardone is creating new investment vehicles that mix real estate and bitcoin.

Grant Cardone (Cardone Capital)

Opinion

The Taxman Is Watching: Staying Ahead of the New Rules

The IRS recently introduced a new rule stating that investors must use wallet-based cost tracking. And it’s likely the first of many such changes around the world, says Robin Singh, founder and CEO of crypto tax platform Koinly.

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